Page 24 of SEAL's Sunshine
Rafe rolled his eyes and flipped him the bird over Meghan’s head. It summed up how Cam felt too.
“Everyone’s safe, thanks for asking, dickhead,” Ryan responded.
“I knew that already, Jake told me. So don’t go getting your panties in a twist. Oh, and thanks for inviting me to the party.”
“It wasn’t a party. There was no food in the house, and we needed to eat.”
“And? I live right down the street.”
“For fuck's sake, really?” Rafe replied.
At first, Murph was pissing him off, then he realized that all his carrying on had distracted Miranda and the other women too. She was no longer shaking and just leaning against him and her breathing had returned to normal.
The police pulled up a moment later and took over. First, they separated everyone, which pissed off Cam. He didn’t want Miranda to be alone, but when they found out who she was, they offered to let her go inside and relax until they were ready to take her statement. They even let the other women accompany her.
The cop that spoke to Cam was young and likely a recent graduate from the Academy. It made him feel old, not that there was so a huge difference in age between them, but they were worlds apart in experience.
Cam gave his statement, which wasn’t much. The car had been a black late model sedan, but he couldn’t tell him the make or specific model. The license plate was covered so no tag numbers to work with either. That didn’t leave much except for the bullets and casings the Crime Scene techs were collecting.
“Did you see how many people were discharging their firearms?”
“Not for sure. I heard the bullets before I saw anything and pulled Ms. Stanhope to the ground to protect her. When I looked up the car was already driving away. The passenger side windows were down, so I guess there were at least two shooters.”
“Can you think of any reason why someone would shoot at you or Ms. Stanhope?”
“No, I just returned from a three-month deployment. Ms. Stanhope is visiting from Georgia. It makes me think it has nothing to do with us and maybe it’s just the neighborhood.”
“We don’t have a lot of drive-by shootings in this area.”
“There’s a first time for everything.”
“Maybe. Will you be in town for a while?”
“Unless I get a mission. My commanding officer has all my information and will know how to locate me, or my teammates should something come up.”
“Okay. The detective assigned to the case may have more questions, but you’re free to go.”
“Thanks. What about the others?”
“I’ll check but I think we’ve gotten all we need right now. Thank you for your cooperation.”
Cam mumbled under his breath about not having a choice and he was sure the officer heard him, but wisely didn’t say anything. This was some fucked up shit. They’d just gotten in a few hours ago. And Miranda? She didn’t even live in the state. Didn’t know this restaurant. They couldn’t be the targets.
Cam walked over to where Rafe, Ryan, and Murph were talking. He and Miranda were the actual witnesses, so they’d been questioned the longest. Although he had a feeling they’d be going through the whole thing again with whoever was assigned the case.
“Any ideas what the fuck is going on?” he asked as he reached his teammates.
“Not a damn thing. We were hoping you had a clue.”
“I think it has to do with the neighborhood or the restaurant. Maybe a grudge or something. We should talk to Phil, see if anyone’s been giving him any trouble.”
“That’s an idea, but not right now. If the police think we’re interfering in their investigation it will be a major clusterfuck. I can hear the captain now.”
Murph laughed. “No shit. So now what? We all just go home and carry on?”
“I’m up for that. But I don’t think the girls finished eating.”
“Maybe not, but I doubt any of them would want to eat anything now.”
